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Last night I had a very interesting conversation with Abit, the witness number five of Steemit, that started with a regular simple request for him to unvote a user recently added to the cheetah black list, a serial plagiarist/fraudster by the user @dasha193 , its a common procedure we go through almost everyday in the #steemitabuse channel in steemit.chat (the channel that is focused on fighting abuse of the steemit platform by all kinds of plagiarists, scammers, fraudsters, etc.) What I found through this cordial conversation with Abit, though, was something that really shocked me, and this is that the Witness Number Five of Steemit, knowingly and intentionally supports known plagiarists and fraudsters.

The following conversation is a copy of the actual conversation you can find in the #steemitabuse channel in steemit.chat , if you were not to believe this conversation actually took place.


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walden10:58 PM
>>@abit you are upvoting a cheetah listed plagiarist, namely dasha193

abit11:00 PM
>>I've been voting for dasha193 for a long time
>>IIRC

walden11:01 PM
>>@abit I know, shes cute, would you please remove your vote and stop upvoting her?

walden11:08 PM
>>@abit Im asking you please man, help us out here...
>>@abit I can find you the sources for that post too if thats what you need...

walden11:39 PM
>>please sir

walden11:44 PM
>>@abit so whats the thing here man, I dont understand whats going on

abit11:45 PM
>>for example, the guy(s) who took pictures for her, can easily take a picture for her with a whatever sign
>>they're not native English speakers for sure.

walden11:46 PM
>>@abit I dont care about anna fashion, Im asking you to unvote and stop voting a plagiarist who I spent hours hunting down
>>namely dasha193
>>would you do that for me?

abit11:47 PM
>>oh dasha
>>she traces

walden11:48 PM
>>yes and of late just does photo plagiarism disguised as pub reviews
>>see her post about bastion pub
>>she just took the images from the pubs FB and VK page, cropped them and posted them
>>and when I asked her if she took them she said "yes , my photography"
>>here is the post https://steemit.com/food/@dasha193/a-great-place-to-relax-bastion-zaporozhye-ukraine
>>@abit you hear my point sir? you just upvoted her last pub review (100% sure plagiarized) to the tune of 4 bucks
>>is this the kind of trash content you want to reward and foment in steemit?
>>@abit we gave her plenty of warnings...
>>@abit Im actually voting for you as a witness, since I had it in my mind you were a reasonable person

walden12:00 AM
>>but if you choose to support plagiarists I think I must have been wrong

abit12:01 AM
>>yes just saw that

abit12:07 AM
>>I'm not sure how bad it is by using those pictures. however I think this kind of posts are adding value to the platform.
>>I mean, people like it.

walden12:10 AM
>>@abit how bad? its called photo plagiarism sir, deception, are you aware that for 40 bucks we could have ukranians actually >>visit the pub and take original pics, and write an actual review?
>>and I dont know what you mean by people like it, the bastion post has 65 votes and 42 views
>>and the one you just upvoted has 12 views and 35 votes
>>@abit I can find you an ukranian to do pub reviews, real pub reviews if you think that adds value to the platform, which I agree with but this is plain out plagiarism
>>@abit I give you my word that I will source an ukranian to continue with this type of content about ukraine so that the >>platform doesnt lose the value added by such content, would you please proceed to unvoting said post and stop >>supporting said user? 

walden12:29 AM
>>@abit ok, I tried to reason with you, I presented the evidence to you and I was cordial
>>@abit if you choose not to unvote said post and stop supporting said user, I will find it in my obligation to withdraw my vote >>for you as a witness and also to make a post tomorrow making public this conversation and presenting a case for the >>problematic dynamics of whales that intentionally support plagiarism and abuse of the platform
>>I will contact you tomorrow around 3pm EST to find out what your decision is, have a great night

abit12:42 AM
>>@walden please write a post about it. we need more discussions about this kind of issues. thanks
>>I'll leave my vote there so far

walden12:44 AM
>>@abit ok, so can I count on your vote for my post ?

abit12:44 AM
>>give me the link when it's finished
>>thanks
>>got to go now. gn

walden12:45 AM
>>good night sir 
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(To be Continued...)

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